Advocates for the legalization of sports betting are cheering the NFL’s recent decision to approve the Oakland Raiders’ relocation to Las Vegas. According to I. Nelson Rose, a professor at Whittier Law School and a gaming law expert who has advised governments and the industry, the decision could signal greater acceptance of the push to legalize sports gaming.

“It’s a pretty big symbolic breakthrough,” Rose said. “The sports leagues used to be unified against anything that could conceivably lead to betting on sports.”